Support thinking using recommended approaches
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Key areas to support’
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Offer graphic organisers
Offer graphic organisers
Offer a range of graphic organisers to support planning and thinking.
Offer options that can be printed or accessed digitally in Word or PowerPoint, and online tools such as Popplet.
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Source: Ministry of Education | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Adopt a hands-on approach
Adopt a hands-on approach
Support planning and organisation
Support planning and organisation
Suggestions for supporting students’ organisational and processing skills.
- Label key areas of the classroom and resources with visual and text labels.
- Use charts, visual calendars, colour coded schedules, visible timers and cues to increase the predictability of regular activities and transitions.
- Model and make available graphic organisers and flow charts to support planning and thinking in all curriculum areas.
- Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas and relationships using visuals, mind maps, 3-D manipulatives, outlines, flow charts and real objects.
- Give students multiple opportunities to engage with new ideas in a range of contexts.
- Pace content delivery. Give students time to process and integrate information from multiple sources – displays, interpreters, written instructions, the teacher.
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